Biography from AskART:
| | Born in Lugansk, Russia on Nov. 12, 1899. Chepourkoff arrived in California in 1923 and earned an M.A. degree at UC Berkeley. While working as a sheet metal worker, he produced many metal animals. He died in San Francisco on March 13, 1955. Exh: SFAA, 1937-40; SFMA, 1939; GGIE, 1939; Dorian Gallery (SF), 1945. In: SFMA. | Source: Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940" Interview with the artist or his/her family; Artists of the American West (Doris Dawdy); Who's Who in American Art 1940-53. | | Nearly 20,000 biographies can be found in Artists in California 1786-1940 by Edan Hughes and is available for sale ($150). For a full book description and order information please click here. |
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